What Students Say

I just want to say how grateful I am to the PU administration for the learning experience and opportunity. I have to admit that the courses have impacted positively on my work as a health development consultant as I have received glowing reviews from my employer as well as more specialised assignments and encouragement to pursue higher level studies, i.e. doctorate.

S.K, Nigeria

Consultant, Health development

The courses as I see them are so well designed that they engage the learner from the beginning introduction through the five topics of each module with humanistic moderation from the tutors. I have personally taken online courses with ….... but none was very engaging and as interesting and well-coordinated like the PU ones. I am really glad to be a PU Alumnus and would to be active in any further programmes that PU may design.

A N Cameroon

Team Leader, HIV Unit

I will utilize these skills in my public health practice to help me in looking at determinants of health from a wide perspective and also in my contribution in making evidence based public health policies....The knowledge and skills attained during the study of these modules will be of great use to me as a medical professional in public health and to my team of 24 officers who work under me in my current daily responsibilities.

D M M Kenya

Technical Advisor, HIV programme

Overall it was an exciting learning experience that unpacked the rationale and reason behind health policies and practices in my community. My mind was equipped to effectively formulate and evaluate public health interventions that address the pertinent issues in my community. I would like to express gratitude for all the module coordinators and fellow students who facilitated and enriched my learning.

T M Zimbabwe

Research Pharmacist

Throughout my course work, I have had the privilege of interacting with students and tutors from diverse backgrounds and cultures. This really helped me to sharpen my analytical and writing skills which were dormant before enrolling for the course.

E M Botswana

Medical Officer, Ministry of Health

My professional integrity and frequent appointments to positions of higher responsibility during the past 3 years I enrolled for PU courses, serve as evidence of the benefits of continuously striving to improve my knowledge and skills. ... I sincerely appreciate the patience and tolerance you all have granted me. I just do hope my work will make sense especially as I had to work on it after weeping over dying victims of gunshots, machets and grenades.

R A M Cote D'Ivoire

Chief Nurse, UN medical unit

Amongst my colleagues, I am now a constant adviser with regards to their research work and dissertations, with many of them insisting I review their work before they submit. This gives me a lot of joy and satisfaction, seeing that one’s contemporaries recognize one’s abilities.

J F Nigeria

Paediatrician

The modules were live practice for me as I work in Darfur region – Sudan, the area that affected by human made disaster which is continuing since 2013. Now I have strong skills to actively participate in preparing contingency plan for cholera outbreak and floods response for West Darfur state.....The two years of study at PU, gave me an opportunity to interact with adverse, unique and inspiring group of tutors and students; who are working in different aspect of public health around the globe sharing one vision of improving health of communities that are in most need.I learned the importance of appreciating, respecting and work hard to deliver evidence based interventions; which are not always easy to do; but it only possible through networking, coordinating and partnering within public health sector and other sectors.Another point that touch me deeply and I really appreciated it, is the volunteerism and altruism of PU tutors and I would like to contribute in whatever roles to keep PU delivers quality education for those couldn’t afford it like me.

M A I Sudan

WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Officer

Courses which I have attended would have a significant role in equipping me with an up-to-date knowledge and skills in the area of public health program. Throughout the course I have quite privileged to interact with the course met, tutors and course administrators. Of all things, the feedback and advices which I was receiving from the course tutors in each course work provided me a benefit to widening my horizon and analytical skills. The aid and reference materials posted under each course were also very helpful and supportive.

A S Ethiopia

Programme leader, Reproductive health NGO

The modules at Peoples -Uni have helped me in my work-related as a program officer implementing health project in a rural setting of eastern Kenya.The mode of learning at Peoples-Uni courses using Internet-based e-learning has helped me access high quality learning resources anytime and anywhere which has improved my information, communication and technology skills technology. The experience at Peoples Uni has also helped me to make new friends, interact with scholars and researchers globally and learn other new ideas. I have created a network of friends that will last for a long time. This network will be useful in teaching career and share experience with new emerging information at global level. I will be able to access to latest research and emerging new developments and trends in the field of public health.

J K Kenya

Programme Officer, International NGO

My many plain thanks to People’s Open Access Education Initiative general team for their tireless helping hands they have sustainably furnished me with to this opportunity …...it is possible following their love, compassion and empathy to ensure that I competently graduate at a master level and thereby be able to plough back this knowledge and skills through cascading mode to other public practitioners and stakeholders in Tanzania, developing countries and beyond.

J S R Tanzania

CEO, NGO

Enrolling in this course has had a great impact on my ability to appraise and evaluate public health problems. I have learnt that research and planning are the bed rock of Public Health and besides the importance of combining research, healthcare professional and patient into a research team. I have used the knowledge gained in this course developed a health information search curriculum for the final Year Students of the School of Health Technology in my state. Also, I have been able to apply critical appraisal in solving Public Health Interventions.

K M-B Nigeria

Executive Director

I have not only gained knowledge and skills .... that will help me in my daily work as a public health professional, but also my character has changed in the positive sense in terms of self-organization, time use, dealing with people of different levels and respect everyone’s opinion. I do really appreciate the manner our mentors and supervisors use to provide feed-back even when students’ ideas are out of the topic. They are really professional. I am still learning how to adopt it not only in my work but also in my whole life.

J P U Rwanda

HIV coordinator

Much has been grasped studying with the Peoples-Uni- through mentors (tutors) across the globe with wider knowledge in the Public health field and the opportunity of sharing knowledge with international students across continents has had a great impact on me.

S K Nigeria

Laboratory scientist, PEPFAR

The course has enabled me to identify the public health problems, assess their situation, find out the evidence based solution and the ability to formulate a strategy to implement the needed changes.

S S India

Surveillance Medical Officer, WHO

I will use the skills and expertise learnt from this MPH program to teach up-coming public health scientists with the desire to contribute to the poor and increasingly deteriorating public health situation in African countries where there is a paucity of well trained public health workers and most of whom cannot afford the high cost of public health training abroad.

D O Gambia

Paediatrician, Medical research unit

I have been selected for the position of Nutrition Specialist with UNICEF. I must acknowledge the immense role PU-MMU played in enhancing my learning and skills. I am ever so grateful to all my tutors for guiding me throughout, and to the student support, helpdesk and IT teams for the backup support.

KC India

Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF

Peoples Uni’s study programme was accessible, affordable and available to me. I was amazed with the quality of education and absolutely motivated to complete the Peoples Uni’s Masters Degree programme in Public Health....Peoples Uni has definitely improved my skills and understanding of all aspects of public health and I encourage all who desire to see a healthy world to enroll on the public health programme offered by Peoples Uni.

R N Kenya

Project Manager, International NGO

The knowledge that I gained from this program is not possible without generous guidance provided by the volunteers, whose dedication and commitment motivated me to be a volunteer after completing this program.

V R G India

Operations Manager, US Pharmaceutical company

I am now an Assistant Professor at …......... Although MPH wasn't a required qualification but it did give me a huge advantage over other candidates for the post. Thanks a lot.

N F, India

The participatory approaches of this programme and experience sharing through forum discussions and tutors’ advice have embedded in me more insights on how to look comprehensively at any health problem in a given context. ..It has been much more easy and practical for me to better grasp the knowledge gained from the programme while simultaneously at work. It was a sort of learning by doing, which gave practical sense to the knowledge. The programme has provided me with the opportunities to demonstrate the strengths I have and the power to gain them.

I U Rwanda

Monitoring and evaluation officer, Malaria Programme

Study method at PU also gave me an opportunity to study without leaving my job. It is real opportunity to peruse education while working at the same time. I should mention and appreciate the option provided by PU giving opportunity to select courses I want to study. This gave opportunity to study courses that I can apply in my professional practice and that can benefit in my area of interest. PU has very good range of course portfolio that includes most important and comprehensive public health courses ranging from foundation to applied public health courses. There are also courses available which match health problems for developing and developed countries where I focused on courses that match my demand.

A H Ethiopia

Regional Pharmacy Advisor, NGO

People’s University has been an eye opener and a great learning experienced that gave me a competitive edge on the job market improve the quality of outputs in my professional work....People’s University has helped come back home and unite with my family because I had left Zimbabwe in 2007 looking for better opportunities in South Africa. If staff for for-profit universities could have half the dedication of the people’s university staff the world would not be the same again.

K B Zimbabwe

Grants Manager, International NGO

I am including more evidence based practices in my mode of working now and will doing that in the future too. In the last 1 year I have presented 5 papers and published 3 papers in national and international journals, which I can say was made possible due to increment in my knowledge through Peoples University.

S M D India

Consultant, Urban Health NGO

Peoples Uni has given me the opportunity to learn about Public Health and has equipped me with all I need to be efficient in my work. Peoples Uni has a very good e learning structure with a number of incredibly helpful materials and tutors that are ready to teach and help students through their path and thirst for knowledge. I hope one day I can also help student the same way. A big thank you to Peoples Uni that continues to touch lives through their educational platform.

S O

Research coordinator, Virology research laboratory

Peoples Uni is a new breathing of life for students from developing countries who can now enrol and learn about public health and contribute to the country needs where public health improvement is urgent.

The variety of course modules supported by Peoples Uni has provided me opportunity to choose subjects related to the technical work in my present capacity. The synchronized approach by the moderators with sharing of the references & practical examples from their respective research and area of work and critical analysis of responses from each postings provides me a wide understanding of the subject in question and allows me to use the discussion points in my area of work. I believe after the completion of the course modules, I would be able to effectively use the public health principles and methods in my area of work for better accomplishment of the public health goals and gain excellence in technical skills.

S D

Technical Officer, EPI

... user friendly approach to online learning with evidence based and researched materials, motivated lectures who give personal attention at all times to every little comment, assignment and questions of concern and well managed system...

G Y

Regional Project Coordinator, HIV/AIDS

The visionary hard work of the beginnings are paying out, PU is now in the position to offer a publicly established and recognized training in Public Health, which can make a difference in the Public Health situation of so many under developed countries here in Africa.

B W

Public Health Consultant

What I have learned through completing my Masters in Public Health through Peoples-uni/Manchester Metropolitan University has completely changed the manner in which I will approach the rest of my professional career. At the beginning of this journey, I was simply a midwife with a passion for helping unskilled midwives, mothers, and babies in hard places and a vision for changing the world one midwife and MotherBaby at a time. At the end of this journey, I have transformed into a person who:

Still has a passion for helping unskilled midwives become skilled midwives and ensuring the safety of mothers and babies in the process of birth

Recognizes that doing that one person at a time will never change the world

Is equipped to approach the issues of Maternal Child Health from an evidence based perspective, and

Recognizes that it is the population, not the individual, that will work together to save the lives of mothers and babies.

C B Niger

Midwife

I found all tutors in peoples-uni eager to teach as they are volunteers and do their work with a passion to light as many Public Health beacons as possible. Despite being a superb teaching platform, the cost of doing Peoples-uni courses leading up to the MPH is easily affordable for students in developing countries which is another remarkable achievement for the Peoples-uni management team.

AF Pakistan

Dermatologist

The knowledge of critical thinking and writing which has been learnt from the course has started reaping accolades in my organisation that I work in. The analytical skill comes very handy in synthesising the evidences that are being published in international peer reviewed journals and has been tremendously helpful to formulate policies at the provincial level.

RNP India

Project Manager, District Health Management

The entire course with so many different topics were amazingly interesting and proved to be very useful in learning the various concepts and definitely sharpened the neurons to think critically .I learnt the importance of correct presentation of facts, methods of referencing and also the most importantly avoiding the plagiarism.

S K India

Associate Professor, Neuro-psychiatric institute

The course was a complete breakthrough in improving the basic knowledge and skills needed for any clinical/ public health research and its application.....This course has enhanced the critical thinking ability as how to review the existing literature on any disease in a scientific way and find out the existing gaps for improvement in future studies. This will enable me in designing better evidence based study proposals.

R G India

Assistant Professor in Microbiology

You have provided a very important bridge between capacity and need for us "third worlders" and within the context of the public health crisis we face in this part of the world this resource has a potent and potentially game changing impact.

A core of my undertaken modules have been chosen because of the professional value I saw in them, and the real world simulation of many of the modules (where efforts have been made to challenge students into visualizing real world solutions) will be particularly useful.

JS

facilitator and advisor, Policy reform sector

….studying with Peoples-Uni was a lovely experience of learning. Without devoted and dedicated tutors, I would not have enjoyed the well designed courses. Tutors created a very good supportive learning environment. I got not only academic courses but also social and behavioural models of how to treat different people. This will help me in my career and will help me in all activities I envisage with the aim to share the gained knowledge and experience with others and work together so as to bridge the gap in public health sector of our community.

C K Rwanda

Counselling Officer, Health Institute

Studying at People’s Uni, has been a great learning opportunity for me. It is the first time I did an online course which I must admit requires a lot of discipline because balancing work, family and studies is not a simple task. However am grateful to all the tutors for their continuous support throughout the course. I learnt a lot and each module had a great impact on my professional life.

O J Uganda

Medical Officer, Rural health care

Graduate Survey

97

%

Have skills to implement public health programmes

85

%

use research skills

84

%

teaching skills to others

40

%

had promotion,new job, or

salary increase

22

%

enrolled in PHD

70

%

Students from Africa, from more then 100 countries

50

%

Countries, Volunteer expert tutors

About Peoples-uni

Peoples-uni, is a non-profit organisation established in 2007 to help build public health capacity in developing countries through low cost online education to health professionals.